Buying the DVD after seen an AMV?

Esrhan · Post by **Esrhan** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:39 am

Prologue:I have to admit that after watching Ding Dong by Sivis, I went out and bought the DVD of the anime.

Isn't this actually one of the hidden contributions an anime music video can do in it's legally un-certain position? Sometimes an anime music video can do a lot more than any official trailer out there could ever do, but since this is the internet, I bet this kind of reactioin doesn't happen too often here. Not to mention a lot of the popular titles are already owned when searching for specific music videos.

What I'd like to discuss is how often, or whom here have watched an anime music video and then decided to buy the DVD of the specific anime it was made with? A poll would indeed work nicely here, but I see no option for one.

mikestrife · Post by **mikestrife** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:49 am

I've purchased tons of dvd's based on AMV's. One off the top of my head that I know many other people have also bought based on an AMV is the Memories DVD.

But even before the DVD's come out I think AMV's spread a huge deal of awareness for new shows. One example: I wouldn't be surprised if tons of Naruto fans first learned of the show through AMV, and will probably buy dvd's when it comes out here.

AMV_4000 · Post by **AMV_4000** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:21 am

if it werent for AMV i wouldnt continue to purchase anime DVD's, i would have grown out of anime back when i had a VHS collection... but AMVs have kept me in anime. So i ONLY by anime for AMV's!

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:39 am

AMV_4000 wrote:if it werent for AMV i wouldnt continue to purchase anime DVD's, i would have grown out of anime back when i had a VHS collection... but AMVs have kept me in anime. So i ONLY by anime for AMV's!

Same here... if not for AMVs, I wouldn't even be into anime anymore. AMVs keeps me buying stuff.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:27 am

Yeah, I usually just buy new anime for amvs.

Who actually watches anime for enjoyment anymore? Oh yeah, any fan who doesn't make amvs.

Kusoyaro · Post by **Kusoyaro** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:31 am

I used to constanstly have people yelling at me, saying "Damn you for making your Utena movie AMV! That video tricked me into buying the movie, which I ended up hating!" Well, in my defense, I loved the Utena movie

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:40 am

Kusoyaro wrote:I used to constanstly have people yelling at me, saying "Damn you for making your Utena movie AMV! That video tricked me into buying the movie, which I ended up hating!" Well, in my defense, I loved the Utena movie

I ended up getting Metal Fighter Miku after Flux's MM1 Megaman video and I hated it.

Ashyukun · Post by **Ashyukun** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:40 am

Like most everyone here, far more times than I can count. Though these days I'm far more likely to simply toss the series on my GreenCine queue and watch it via them than to buy it. These days it's rare for me to buy an anime DVD that a) I don't plan on using for an AMV already or b) is dirt cheap (see: ADV's last few sales).

JenCM18 · Post by **JenCM18** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:46 am

I had to get Fruits Basket, Rahxephon, Madlax, Beyond the clouds [place promised], and the X series after watching amvs of them because they looked interesting and I also buy more anime so I can make more music videos but that doesn't mean I don't like watching them. I love watching anime still.

kitsunebeolnet · Post by **kitsunebeolnet** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:56 am

I haven't bought an anime in the past 4 years without first seeing it in an AMV that made me laugh.